REAL Key Terms

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

Partial thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the skin

Question 2

Abuse

Answer 2

Willful infliction or injury, punishment that results in physical harm

Question 3

Activities of Daily Living

Answer 3

Activities necessary for the client to fulfill basic human needs

Question 4

Anuria

Answer 4

No urinary output

Question 5

Aphasia

Answer 5

Impaired or lost ability to communicate through speech

Question 6

Atrophy

Answer 6

Shrink or decrease in size

Question 7

Artery

Answer 7

Blood vessel that carries blood AWAY from the heart

Question 8

Aspiration

Answer 8

Breathing fluid or foreign body into the lungs

Question 9

Battery

Answer 9

Touching a persons body without consent

Question 10

Cheyne-Strokes Respirations

Answer 10

Respirations gradually increase the become shallow and decrease

Question 11

Confidentiality

Answer 11

Trusting others with personal and private information

Question 12

Cyanosis

Answer 12

Bluish color

Question 13

Dementia

Answer 13

Loss of cognitive function

Question 14

Dilate

Answer 14

To expand or open wider

Question 15

Disability

Answer 15

Any lost or impaired physical or mental function

Question 16

Dyspnea

Answer 16

Difficult or labored respiration

Question 17

Edema

Answer 17

The swelling of legs or other body parts when water is retained

Question 18

Embolus

Answer 18

Blood clot that travels until it sticks in a vessel

Question 19

Emesis

Answer 19

Vomit

Question 20

Extension

Answer 20

Straightening a body part

Question 21

Fraud

Answer 21

Saying or doing something to trick someone

Question 22

Hypoxemia

Answer 22

Reduced oxygen in blood

Question 23

Invasion of Privacy

Answer 23

Violating someone’s right not to have their information public

Question 24

Lateral

Answer 24

AWAYYY from the midline, at the side of the body

Question 25

Lethargy

Answer 25

State of unnatural tiredness

Question 26

Medial

Answer 26

At or near the middle

Question 27

Negligence

Answer 27

Unintentional wrong that still caused harm

Question 28

Neglect

Answer 28

Failure to care for

Question 29

Pathogen

Answer 29

A microbe that can cause infection

Question 30

Posterior

Answer 30

At or toward the back

Question 31

Proximal

Answer 31

Nearest the center or the point of origin

Question 32

Reflex

Answer 32

Involuntary movement

Question 33

Sitz bath

Answer 33

Moist heat bath to the genitals or anus

Question 34

Sputum

Answer 34

Mucus from the lungs

Question 35

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 35

Instrument used to take blood pressure

Question 36

Stress

Answer 36

Response in the body caused by emotions or physical factors

Question 37

Thrombus

Answer 37

Blood clot that forms INSIDE an artery

Question 38

Transfer

Answer 38

Moving a person from one place to another

Question 39

Tachycardia

Answer 39

Rapid heartbeat

Question 40

Universal precautions

Answer 40

System of infectious disease control that’s assumes every part of the body is contaminated

Question 41

Vein

Answer 41

Blood vessel that RETURNS blood to the heart